Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-12
GENERAL NOTES.

IHE Missouri Is jumping and dlssolv-
ing a number of farms near Yankton.
JERSEY CITY is owed arrears of taxes
and assessments amounting to $6,000,-
600.
TEXAS fever is spreading among cattle
at New Lenox and Florence, H., and
farmers are losing heavily.
THE American fishing boat Gold Dust
was seized Wednesday by a Canadian
cruiser for violation of the customs laws.
The river front at Sieux City is being
cut off in huge chunks by the treacherous
whirlpools of the Missouri.
THE extreme drouth is burning up the
pasturage and destroying crops in por-
tions of central Illinois.
DAUGHTER of Father Chiniuuy, the
communicated priest was married at St.
Anna, H., " Wednesday to Rev. Joseph
NORM, of Lowell, Mass.
The John Fearnly Manufacturing Co.,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, making wheelbar
rows, assigned Thursday. Liabilities,
$4,000
JAMES HoGG, hosiery dealer at Philadel-
phia, has failed for $4,000. j. d j. G.
n. Y, have made an assignment, first
filing mortgages aggregating $56,OO0.
THE famous Patrick case was concluded
at Davenport, Iowa, Wednesday, and de-
cision will be rendered in month. james
es Patrick brought the suit to recover from
her guardian the child of his divorced
wife, and the money which had been left
to the little one.
GOVERNOR CHURCH, of Dakota, gave a
reception to his friends at Huron, Tues
day night. 1t was in the form of good
by party, as the host will remove to Bis
mark next month.
THE -four output at Minneapolis last
week reached los, 44O barrels. against 139,
$50 the previous week. The market is
dull, and the shrinkage in wheat values
have effected the price of flour.
JAMES MARTIN, pointer. fell from the
Brooklyn Bridge 130 feet into the water
Monday forenoon. The fireman of a
passing tug jumped in and rescued him.
Martin sustained no serious injury.
The resolution against the landing of
paupers on American soil, which had
been presented in the st. Paul Chamber
of Commerce, was defeated Monday by a
vote of Is to u.
The st. Johns Guild Floating hospital,
of New York, receives 5000 babies aweek.
Twenty-Five cents, says the Herald, put
in the right place, will save an infants
life.
The first shipment of California grapes
to the east was made Saturday. Til
weekly trains bear the products of the
orchards of the golden state to Chicago
and New York.
The loss of life in the Milwaukee di 5
aster is believed to be limited to Seeb e
and Wallack, the two already reported.
No attempts were made at dragging the
stream Sunday, but no reports were re-
celved of any person missing.
The woods around the village of Willow
| Springs, ILL.,, are burning and a large
| quantity of hay has been consumed. The
| farmers are fighting the flames.
The Brotherhood of Telegraphers has
| offered S3,000,O00 for the Baltimore 4
/ Ohio telegraph system. They propose to
pay $500, 900 cash and the balance at the
end of six months. Their leaders have no
doubt of their ability to furnish the
| money.
/ GOVERNOR OGLEsBY has received a re-
| port from the state board of live stock
| commissioners stating that not single
case of acute pleuro- pneumonia has been
| discovered since July 10, and that. as the
| state is entirely free from the disease,
| other states should be requested to re
move the existing quarantine against Hi
! noIs cattle.
| II is estimatsd that the bull clique a.
/ San Francisco, who have been manipu-
| lating the wheat market, will be between
$50, ,ooo. 600 and $50 ,o0O, 600. Mackay and
| Flood are believed to have been the
| principal promoters of the corner" and
the opinion is expressed that a money
shortage caused the collapse. The
! sessions of the call board have been dis
| continued for the present
NATURAL gas has for some years beer
known to exist in many localities around
Albert Lea, Minnesota. Several small
wells have been struck, which were re
garded as curiosities and never turned Il
any account. Now 3 company has beer
| formed to operate as wells on ten thou.
and acres of land, and il proposes Il
| light and heat Albert Lea and neighbor
ing cities
The Irish members of parliament haS
another field day in parliament on Jul,
| Nd